ATC500R exhaust fabrication

[Billy Golightly]

Fabbing up an exhaust for a frame customer, should be all finished tomorrow and the frame and exhaust parts will get shipped back!







Fusion weld on the exhaust slip joint. No filler rod.

[dcreel]

Looks awesome as usual..

[Bigbore]

Bushs Chili Beans, cashews and Pepsi One!!!

I bet You and your stomach is fun to work with....


Is your secret out, maybe we've found your inspiration

[Billy Golightly]

Diet Pepsi! The main fuel of Team Heat & Beat! Other common acquaintances may include, Bush's beans, Cashew nuts, and large cans of Thrifty Maid brand Corned Beef Hash!

[The Goat]

teach me to weld like that good god....


also...corned beef hash? that's disgusting.

[SYKO]

HEY homie I need a Team H&B tab!

[3Razors]

Are there going to be any mounting tabs on the pipe itself?

[Billy Golightly]

Yup, I made that yesterday. Theres another mount back at the silencer using the single bolt 250R rubber isolator, and then also another one up front that hooks onto a waterpump bolt. Suckers nice and tight when its all bolted down. I was thinking about putting a 3rd one back by the kicker, but it really didn't need it.

[3Razors]

I wouldnt have a mounting point off of the water pump bolt. If out riding and the pipe gets dented or wrecked it could cause the water pump/clutch cover to crack. Also the vibration coming from the pipe could do some damage in that area. On the CR500 bikes Honda has a rubber isolation mount that mounts to the downtube then to the pipe. I would try that.

[jeffatc250r]

Hey Billy, that looks wayyy better than what ive got! If i ever get back on track to work on my 500, that will be next in line after i finish my kicker assy, i hate the way my mutated 85 cr pipe looks on mine.

[SYKO]

hey jeff ask him about my fmf fattty that I still have down there if he wants to give it up you can have it for shipping, it was made for my 500 but then I found that bills pipe for mine, its got a few dents in it but it fit well on my 500

[max]

I wouldnt have a mounting point off of the water pump bolt. If out riding and the pipe gets dented or wrecked it could cause the water pump/clutch cover to crack. Also the vibration coming from the pipe could do some damage in that area. On the CR500 bikes Honda has a rubber isolation mount that mounts to the downtube then to the pipe. I would try that.

I have to agree on this. Vibration is a killer.


Pipe looks really nice. Looks like a production Factory pipe. Very nice craftsmanship.

Im definately going to hit you up on a frame/pipe kit once you get everything worked out.

Max

[Billy Golightly]

The pipe is mounted everywhere (except where it goes onto the flange itself) with the 250R rubber isolators. I absolutely agree that you can't solid mount the pipe anywhere or it'll tear itself apart, its got to be rubber mounted.

[jeffatc250r]

Billy, what exactly did you do to this pipe, cut in 3 places nd twist? Remove any material? I needs a new pipe for mine and thinking of robbing the one off my 94 cr-5 and getting a new one for the bike

[Billy Golightly]

Yup. I didn't remove ANY of the pipe. Mostly just twisting, but there is a small piece about a half inch wide in the middle of it right under the exhaust port (If you look close you can see it) That I had to actually section and flip 180degrees to get the pipe to angle out enough. My best advice is to NOT NOT NOT NOT work on a used pipe. A single dent in it makes it a royal pain in the butt to weld and work with when you twist it around.

I also had to weld on an entirely new stinger tube from the pipe and around to the silencer.